Marine Cameras
Turn your monitor or computer into a powerful onboard video observation system. Improve docking by monitoring blind spots and keep track of the engine room and crew from the wheel. From the helm to the bilge, view all shipboard activity. These cameras automatically switch from color to black and white as the natural light dims.

ARNV HQ1 HQ1 540 Line Armor 10-bit DSP CCD Ultra High Resolution, 48 High Powered LED Illuminators

ARDM  Weatherproof Armor Dome Advanced Image Processing Progressive Scan Super Wide Dynamic Range High Resolution

These models are a new line of CCTV cameras based on revolutionary Digital Pixel System (DPS) technology. DPS is a fully digital imaging system providing superior image quality and an ultra-wide dynamic range well beyond typical WDR (wide dynamic range) cameras on the market today.

FULLY DIGITAL - Our cameras are based on the only fully digital imaging system. The DPS sensor outputs a digital light measurement for each picture element (pixel). With traditional CCD and CMOS sensors, the pixel outputs analog light measurements.

EVERY PIXEL IS A CAMERA Because DPS sensors are fully digital, every pixel is a camera. That is, each pixel can respond independently to the variations of light reaching the sensor, resulting in a picture with ultra-wide dynamic range.

MULTI-SAMPLING - Instead of reading each pixel only once (like CCDs) AR's cameras read each pixel up to 128 times per video field to get much more accurate information about the amount of light hitting each pixel. Multi-sampling enables Ultra-Wide Dynamic Range. The result is truer natural colors and superior image quality. Our cameras will capture shadows and highlights at the same time.

HIGHER RESOLUTION - The horizontal resolution is 540 TVL. With ours we also specify the vertical resolution at 460 TVL. Typical CCD sensors use line scanning, which results in a vertical resolution of approximately 1/2 horizontal resolution.

NO VERTICAL SMEAR and NO BLOOMING - Vertical smear is a unique phenomenon to CCDs when too much charge is absorbed by certain pixels causing the light to overflow into the read-out column (vertically). This appears as visible vertical smear in the image. Blooming also occurs when too much light hits a pixel and saturates it (the pixel can't be reset fast enough), resulting in light overflowing into adjacent pixels. The overflow occurs in all directions around the saturated pixel causing a bloom (also known as a halo).